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- Newtons_parakeet abstract "Newton's parakeet or the Rodrigues parakeet (Psittacula exsul) is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues in the western Indian Ocean. Several of its features diverged from related species, indicating long-term isolation on Rodrigues and subsequent adaptation. The rose-ringed parakeet of the same genus is a close relative and probable ancestor. Newton's parakeet may itself have been ancestral to the endemic parakeets of nearby Mauritius and Réunion.Around 40 centimetres (16 in) long, Newton's parakeet was roughly the size of a rose-ringed parakeet. Its plumage was mostly greyish or slate blue in colour, which is unusual in Psittacula, a genus containing mostly green species. The male had stronger colours than the female and possessed a reddish instead of black beak, but details of a mature male's appearance are uncertain; only one male specimen is known, and it is believed to be immature. Mature males might have possessed red patches on the wing like the related Alexandrine parakeet. Both sexes had a black collar running from the chin to the nape, but this was clearer in the male. The legs were grey and the iris yellow. 17th-century accounts indicate that some members of the species were green, which would suggest that there were both blue and green colour morphs, but there is no definitive explanation for these reports. Little is known about its behaviour in life, but it may have fed on the nuts of the bois d’olive tree, along with leaves. It was very tame, and was able to mimic speech.Newton's parakeet was first written about by the French Huguenot François Leguat in 1708, and was only mentioned a few times by other writers afterwards. The specific name \"exsul\" is a reference to Leguat, who was exiled from France. Only two life drawings exist, both of a single specimen held in captivity in the 1770s. The first specimen known to science, a female, became the holotype when the species was described in 1872. A male, the last specimen recorded, was collected in 1874, and these two specimens are the only ones that exist today. It became scarce due to deforestation and perhaps hunting, but it is thought that it was finally wiped out by a series of cyclones and storms that hit Rodrigues in the late 19th century. There was unfounded speculation about the possible survival of the species as late as 1967.".
- Newtons_parakeet binomialAuthority Alfred_Newton.
- Newtons_parakeet class Bird.
- Newtons_parakeet conservationStatus "EX".
- Newtons_parakeet conservationStatusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- Newtons_parakeet family Psittaculidae.
- Newtons_parakeet family Psittaculinae.
- Newtons_parakeet family Psittaculini.
- Newtons_parakeet family True_parrot.
- Newtons_parakeet genus Psittacula.
- Newtons_parakeet kingdom Animal.
- Newtons_parakeet order Parrot.
- Newtons_parakeet phylum Chordate.
- Newtons_parakeet synonym "* Palaeornis exsul (Newton, 1872)".
- Newtons_parakeet thumbnail Newtons_Parakeet.jpg?width=300.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageID "371198".
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageLength "27411".
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageOutDegree "119".
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageRevisionID "698654979".
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- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Cambridge_University_Museum.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Cassine_(genus).
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bird_extinctions_since_1500.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Category:Extinct_birds_of_Indian_Ocean_islands.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fauna_of_Rodrigues.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Category:Psittacula.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Clade.
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- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Genus.
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- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Hotspot_(geology).
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- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Morphology_(biology).
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- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Polymorphism_(biology).
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Psittacin.
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- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Psittaculidae.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Psittaculinae.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Psittaculini.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Restoration_ecology.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Rodrigues.
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- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Rodrigues_owl.
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- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Réunion.
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- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Saddle-backed_Rodrigues_giant_tortoise.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Sea_level.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Sexual_dimorphism.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Slate_gray.
- Newtons_parakeet wikiPageWikiLink Sternum.